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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1977-05-26

Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1977-05-26, page 01

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VOL. 55 NO. 21
MAY2G.1977-SIVAN9
Likud Sweeps To Victory, Wins 41 Seats
exercise its option in preserving its integrity. .
The new prime minister projected an extremely pleasant but firm attitude to the Columbus group that met .with him, according to Rabbi Rubenstein, . .
Rabbi and Mrs. Samuel W. Rubenstein (above left), of Agudas Achim Congregation are pictured with Israel's new prime minister, Menachem Begin and his wife (above right). The picture was taken in the prime minister's home in February of this year, when the rabbi and his wife led a group of Columbusites on a tour of Israel. -
Rabbi Rubenstein Remembers Visit With Menachem Beigin
On Saturday evening, February 26, the Israel tour led by Rabbi and Mrs. Samuel W. Rubenstein of Agudas Achim Congregation .were guests for Havdolah 1 services at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Menachem Begin, Little did they knOw that Begin would soon become prime minister of Israel!
This visit with the Begins gave the rabbi and his group an opportunity to discuss the then forthcoming Israeli election. As part of his Shavous sermon on May 24, Rabbi Rubenstein' reported on that visit.,
Concerning the return of territories to the Arab nations, Begin told the group, he would not cede an inch prior to. any meaningful. negotiations.
'. Rabbi" Rubenstein reported that Begin said Israel will try to maintain ..friendly relations with the United States, but that Israel, would reserve the right, as an independent nation, to
(Copyright, 1977, JTA Inc.) By Yitzhak Shargil
TEL AVIV, (JTA) - Likud hailed its apparent election - victory as . "an historic turning point-in the annals of the Jewish nation and the Zionist movement." Those were the' words of its leader, Menachem Beigin as . he addressed' thousands of supporters, red-eyed and. nearly hysterical with joy, who -besieged the party headquarters here at 3:30 a.m. May 18.
The early projections of a Likud upset victory with 41 seats in the next Knesset over the Labor Alignment which was pared down to 33 seats, were confirmed by that hour. Throngs poured into the normally empty pre¬ dawn streets, shouting, dancing, embracing and chanting "Am Israel Chai." Beigin, 64, said, for him it was the dream of a lifetime come true. Beigin leads the Herat wing of Likud, an opposition alignment formed with the Liberal Party and other smaller factions in 1973
after the Yom Kippur War. Herat is the political heir of the Revisionist of New Zionist Movement, founded by Vladimir, Jabotinsky' at the 17th World Zionist Congress 46 years ago.'
Beigin referred several times to Jabotinsky, a fiery militant in his day. He freely acknowledged that the victory of Jabotinsky's disciples in the voting was achieved through an alliance
Analysis Of Sweeping Change
By David Landau. i JERUSALEM, (JTA) - If the elections were held again May 18 it is fair to assume that the results would be substantially different.
Labor though doubtless it would still emerge weakened, would very probably not come out losing a massive 18 seats out of 51, and the Democratic Movement For Change (DMC), which'took most of these votes from' Labor, would very likely be significantly reduced.
For what happened in the elections was, basically, that Labor supporters, anxious to punish Labor for what they felt were its failures par¬ ticularly in internal affairs, swung over to the •newly-
created and moderately based DMC — and thereby enabled Menachem Beigin to fulfill his lifelong ambition: lead his rightist Likue Party to relative victory as the new Knesset's largest faction. For Likue, despite Beigin's historic victory address at 3 a.m., only gained two seats more than it had in the previous Knesset.
Labor's huge defeat was almost entirely at the hands of the DMC which thereby, as some analysts noted, "let in Beigin through the back door." This was particularly apparent when the voting was broken down by expert analysts into areas and types of population.
In the kibbutzim, for in-
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 161
New Director Takes Charge
'Change' Becomes Key Word At Jewish Center
By Lauri Zofan Chronicle News Editor
"Change: To be or cause to become different;,alter." (The, American Heritage pictionary) The above definition aptly fits what is , planned to happen during the coming months at The Jewish Center.
At the helm of the project is the first change that has come to the Center — its new ■ director. - Although Barton Robert Schachter, a 35-year- old Pittsburgh, Pa. native,'
with the disciples of such, Zionist giants as the late Chaim Weizmann, who was a political, Menachem Ussishkin, a Labor Zionist, and the late American Zionist leader Abba Hillel Silver, whose political following in Israel is
1 represented by the Liberal Party.
Beigin, ,a spell-binding orator and shrewd politician, read a. passage from Lin¬ coln's second inaugural address — "With malice toward none" — intimiating ' that Likud bore no grudges arid sought only national
'unity. In fact, Beigin's first political statement after his victory was a call for a national imity government embracing all factions.
"I shall ask the Likud Executive meeting to ask all Zionist parties loyal to the State of Israel to form a
. national unity government," he said. ' i
On peace negotiations, Beigin stated: "I hope that after we get the Knesset's confirmation of' the new government we shall present to it, we shall be able to call on President (Anwar) Sadat (of Egypt), President (Hafez) Assad (of Syria) and King Hussein (of Jordan) to
(CONTINUEDON PAGE7)
Bob Schachter
B. Lee Skilken To Head 78 Campaign
"For the first time in the history of the Columbus' Jewish Federation," said President Ernest Stern, "a son will follow in the foot-' steps of his father as general chairman of the United Jewish Fund Camp
x
B.Lee Skilken
Mr. Stern today an¬ nounced the appointment of BvLee Skilken to serve.as general chairman of the 1978 United Jewish Fund Cam-' paign, saying "Lee Skilken will not only make us an' outstanding genera] camapign chairman, but in addition will mark a historic first for Columbus since his father, Morris Skilken, was campaign chairman in 1962."
A native of Columbus as are both of his, parents,' Skilken is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering. He is in the construction and real estate business.
Long active in Jewish community activities,
Skilken is past chairman of the Hillel Advisory Board and currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Columbus Jewish Federation and of Tifereth Israel Congregation and has long been active in many other community endeavors. He is now completing, a term as chairman of the Advanced Gifts Division of the 1977 ,UnitexLJewish Fund Cam¬ paign.
In accepting this im¬ portant community position, Skilken said, "I feel this is a major responsibility and a great challenge for me. I am conscious' of the respon¬ sibility it carries for our Jewish people, both here in
(CONTINUEDON PAGE 4)
has been the Center's chief executive for barely a month, he has already put into- action various new projects. ,'
Schachter's concern for strengthening one's Jewish Identity has-prompted the selling of challah and flowers by the Centers senior citizen group. The project, which started a few weeks ago, has a dual purpose — to help make the Sabbath a "different day" as well as to make money for the seniors' group.
In. an interview with the Ohio Jewish Chronicle, Schachter, who prefers to be called '-'Bob", or "Bubba," (his longtime nickname) said this project will hopefully help to "bring home this rich tradition (of the Sabbath as a special day) to each home."
By mid-summer Center goers should be enjoying a remodeled lobby area. Although exact alterations are not yet. finalized, Schachter said the redone entrance area will instill a warmer feeling with "more awareness of Jewish sym¬ bols."
One thing definitely 'planned for the lobby is a Jewish book store. It too will serve as a fundraiser as well as a' community service. While in Denver, where Schachter was assistant center director prior to
coming here, he developed such a store, the only one'in Denver.
Some of "Bubba's" other plans for the Columbus Center include a full-time consultant on the Sabbath, who would be available for in-home sessions;' more extensive programming .relating to Israel; and a health service program, rather than simply physical education activities, that would include programs for body and mind as well as
(CONTINUEDON PAGE 14)
According -to reports at press time, Menachem Beigin, leader of the vic¬ torious Likud party and the apparent next prime minister of Israel, was rushed early Monday to a Tel Aviv hospital with heart trouble. Beigin had only recently recovered from a heart attack he suffered in March.
'Here Is Israel 77' Production Set For Center's Stage Tonight
Ron Orgad will be the featured drummer in the new" version of the widely- received multi-media musical production "Here Is Israel 77" when it appears at The Jewish Center, • 1125 College Ave., tonight (May 26) sit 8 p.m.
Orgad is a sabra, born in Tel Aviv. He recently finished his service in the Israeli army. Aside from being a regular dummer for Israeli television and radio programs, he is a regular participant of the musical productions of the Haifa Municipal Theater.
"Peace" is the theme of this year's "Here Is Israel
Ron Orgad
77" production. Children's i poetry set to music against a background of their own
. (CONTINUEDON PAGE 4)

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OfflOJE^
BRONICLE
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^j[\\yservin9 Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community far Over 50 Years yU/\\a.
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CbLS. o» , 43E11
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VOL. 55 NO. 21
MAY2G.1977-SIVAN9
Likud Sweeps To Victory, Wins 41 Seats
exercise its option in preserving its integrity. .
The new prime minister projected an extremely pleasant but firm attitude to the Columbus group that met .with him, according to Rabbi Rubenstein, . .
Rabbi and Mrs. Samuel W. Rubenstein (above left), of Agudas Achim Congregation are pictured with Israel's new prime minister, Menachem Begin and his wife (above right). The picture was taken in the prime minister's home in February of this year, when the rabbi and his wife led a group of Columbusites on a tour of Israel. -
Rabbi Rubenstein Remembers Visit With Menachem Beigin
On Saturday evening, February 26, the Israel tour led by Rabbi and Mrs. Samuel W. Rubenstein of Agudas Achim Congregation .were guests for Havdolah 1 services at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Menachem Begin, Little did they knOw that Begin would soon become prime minister of Israel!
This visit with the Begins gave the rabbi and his group an opportunity to discuss the then forthcoming Israeli election. As part of his Shavous sermon on May 24, Rabbi Rubenstein' reported on that visit.,
Concerning the return of territories to the Arab nations, Begin told the group, he would not cede an inch prior to. any meaningful. negotiations.
'. Rabbi" Rubenstein reported that Begin said Israel will try to maintain ..friendly relations with the United States, but that Israel, would reserve the right, as an independent nation, to
(Copyright, 1977, JTA Inc.) By Yitzhak Shargil
TEL AVIV, (JTA) - Likud hailed its apparent election - victory as . "an historic turning point-in the annals of the Jewish nation and the Zionist movement." Those were the' words of its leader, Menachem Beigin as . he addressed' thousands of supporters, red-eyed and. nearly hysterical with joy, who -besieged the party headquarters here at 3:30 a.m. May 18.
The early projections of a Likud upset victory with 41 seats in the next Knesset over the Labor Alignment which was pared down to 33 seats, were confirmed by that hour. Throngs poured into the normally empty pre¬ dawn streets, shouting, dancing, embracing and chanting "Am Israel Chai." Beigin, 64, said, for him it was the dream of a lifetime come true. Beigin leads the Herat wing of Likud, an opposition alignment formed with the Liberal Party and other smaller factions in 1973
after the Yom Kippur War. Herat is the political heir of the Revisionist of New Zionist Movement, founded by Vladimir, Jabotinsky' at the 17th World Zionist Congress 46 years ago.'
Beigin referred several times to Jabotinsky, a fiery militant in his day. He freely acknowledged that the victory of Jabotinsky's disciples in the voting was achieved through an alliance
Analysis Of Sweeping Change
By David Landau. i JERUSALEM, (JTA) - If the elections were held again May 18 it is fair to assume that the results would be substantially different.
Labor though doubtless it would still emerge weakened, would very probably not come out losing a massive 18 seats out of 51, and the Democratic Movement For Change (DMC), which'took most of these votes from' Labor, would very likely be significantly reduced.
For what happened in the elections was, basically, that Labor supporters, anxious to punish Labor for what they felt were its failures par¬ ticularly in internal affairs, swung over to the •newly-
created and moderately based DMC — and thereby enabled Menachem Beigin to fulfill his lifelong ambition: lead his rightist Likue Party to relative victory as the new Knesset's largest faction. For Likue, despite Beigin's historic victory address at 3 a.m., only gained two seats more than it had in the previous Knesset.
Labor's huge defeat was almost entirely at the hands of the DMC which thereby, as some analysts noted, "let in Beigin through the back door." This was particularly apparent when the voting was broken down by expert analysts into areas and types of population.
In the kibbutzim, for in-
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 161
New Director Takes Charge
'Change' Becomes Key Word At Jewish Center
By Lauri Zofan Chronicle News Editor
"Change: To be or cause to become different;,alter." (The, American Heritage pictionary) The above definition aptly fits what is , planned to happen during the coming months at The Jewish Center.
At the helm of the project is the first change that has come to the Center — its new ■ director. - Although Barton Robert Schachter, a 35-year- old Pittsburgh, Pa. native,'
with the disciples of such, Zionist giants as the late Chaim Weizmann, who was a political, Menachem Ussishkin, a Labor Zionist, and the late American Zionist leader Abba Hillel Silver, whose political following in Israel is
1 represented by the Liberal Party.
Beigin, ,a spell-binding orator and shrewd politician, read a. passage from Lin¬ coln's second inaugural address — "With malice toward none" — intimiating ' that Likud bore no grudges arid sought only national
'unity. In fact, Beigin's first political statement after his victory was a call for a national imity government embracing all factions.
"I shall ask the Likud Executive meeting to ask all Zionist parties loyal to the State of Israel to form a
. national unity government," he said. ' i
On peace negotiations, Beigin stated: "I hope that after we get the Knesset's confirmation of' the new government we shall present to it, we shall be able to call on President (Anwar) Sadat (of Egypt), President (Hafez) Assad (of Syria) and King Hussein (of Jordan) to
(CONTINUEDON PAGE7)
Bob Schachter
B. Lee Skilken To Head 78 Campaign
"For the first time in the history of the Columbus' Jewish Federation," said President Ernest Stern, "a son will follow in the foot-' steps of his father as general chairman of the United Jewish Fund Camp
x
B.Lee Skilken
Mr. Stern today an¬ nounced the appointment of BvLee Skilken to serve.as general chairman of the 1978 United Jewish Fund Cam-' paign, saying "Lee Skilken will not only make us an' outstanding genera] camapign chairman, but in addition will mark a historic first for Columbus since his father, Morris Skilken, was campaign chairman in 1962."
A native of Columbus as are both of his, parents,' Skilken is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering. He is in the construction and real estate business.
Long active in Jewish community activities,
Skilken is past chairman of the Hillel Advisory Board and currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Columbus Jewish Federation and of Tifereth Israel Congregation and has long been active in many other community endeavors. He is now completing, a term as chairman of the Advanced Gifts Division of the 1977 ,UnitexLJewish Fund Cam¬ paign.
In accepting this im¬ portant community position, Skilken said, "I feel this is a major responsibility and a great challenge for me. I am conscious' of the respon¬ sibility it carries for our Jewish people, both here in
(CONTINUEDON PAGE 4)
has been the Center's chief executive for barely a month, he has already put into- action various new projects. ,'
Schachter's concern for strengthening one's Jewish Identity has-prompted the selling of challah and flowers by the Centers senior citizen group. The project, which started a few weeks ago, has a dual purpose — to help make the Sabbath a "different day" as well as to make money for the seniors' group.
In. an interview with the Ohio Jewish Chronicle, Schachter, who prefers to be called '-'Bob", or "Bubba," (his longtime nickname) said this project will hopefully help to "bring home this rich tradition (of the Sabbath as a special day) to each home."
By mid-summer Center goers should be enjoying a remodeled lobby area. Although exact alterations are not yet. finalized, Schachter said the redone entrance area will instill a warmer feeling with "more awareness of Jewish sym¬ bols."
One thing definitely 'planned for the lobby is a Jewish book store. It too will serve as a fundraiser as well as a' community service. While in Denver, where Schachter was assistant center director prior to
coming here, he developed such a store, the only one'in Denver.
Some of "Bubba's" other plans for the Columbus Center include a full-time consultant on the Sabbath, who would be available for in-home sessions;' more extensive programming .relating to Israel; and a health service program, rather than simply physical education activities, that would include programs for body and mind as well as
(CONTINUEDON PAGE 14)
According -to reports at press time, Menachem Beigin, leader of the vic¬ torious Likud party and the apparent next prime minister of Israel, was rushed early Monday to a Tel Aviv hospital with heart trouble. Beigin had only recently recovered from a heart attack he suffered in March.
'Here Is Israel 77' Production Set For Center's Stage Tonight
Ron Orgad will be the featured drummer in the new" version of the widely- received multi-media musical production "Here Is Israel 77" when it appears at The Jewish Center, • 1125 College Ave., tonight (May 26) sit 8 p.m.
Orgad is a sabra, born in Tel Aviv. He recently finished his service in the Israeli army. Aside from being a regular dummer for Israeli television and radio programs, he is a regular participant of the musical productions of the Haifa Municipal Theater.
"Peace" is the theme of this year's "Here Is Israel
Ron Orgad
77" production. Children's i poetry set to music against a background of their own
. (CONTINUEDON PAGE 4)